Thursday, December 10, 2009

Please check-out Jamie Dougherty's excellent write-up for The Examiner on easy homemade foodie gifts under $15. It includes our recipe for Sage Salt, plus many other excellent ideas for the holidays.

We're getting ready for the first night of Hanukkah tomorrow, which means making sufganiyot (jelly-filled doughnuts) with the boys for our family celebration. Our younger son wants to fill his sufganiyot with ketchup, his favorite condiment. If anyone has any suggestions for how to make that work, they would be most welcome.

We are in one of our busiest seasons at both the restaurant and the flower shop, which means long tiring days at work. Add in all of our holiday preparations, and it's been a week for quick and easy dinners. Boca burgers are one of our favorites for those nights because everything is on hand without running to the store. Last night, we added grilled haloumi, lemons, and a lemon-garlic sauce for some fantastic "burgers".

12 comments:

Wow, ketchup in a donut? Sounds....interesting. Can't help there, really, sorry! I've seen the donut shops use those "injector" things to put jelly in the filled donuts, my only guess would be that you could do the ketchup the same way?

The boca burger sounds great with haloumi! Wow, a sufganiyot with ketchup! I think in a process of frying it may leak out but what if you put his favorite veggie mixed with ketchup in a thick paste, that might work. Happy Hanukkah for tomorrow night! My daughter's getting very excited!

I've never heard of "haloumi"--what does it taste like? I guess I am trying to figure out a good vegan cheese sub. I love the idea of the ketchup filling--but I would have to try to see whether I really "liked" it vs. giving up jelly! The recipe sounds delicious!

I don't know tat this will help much, but Pierre Hermé of macaron fame produced a ketchup variety a while back. Lebovitz blogged it here... http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2009/02/ketchup_cookies.html

What a great meal for a busy day! I love ketchup too! I wish I had thought of ketchup filled doughnuts! Let us know how it works out. I like Natasha's idea of maybe mixing the ketchup with his favorite veggie.